Animal+Cruelty

By Emily Slater
 * __ Animal Cruelty!! __**

Animal cruelty has been happening for decades and is still happening today in different forms.


 * __Animals for Entertainment__**

Since 1990 captive elephants have killed 43 people. Thats disturbing considering elephants are peaceful animals and this suggests that their trainers are using cruel techniques and the elephants are acting in self-defence. Bullfights and cockfights still exist, bullfights are becoming more and more horrible with animals having spears thrown at them untill they die a very slow, painful death. After greyhounds finish their racing life they are often killed or sent away for experimentation.


 * __Animal Experimentation__**

On average over 70 million animals are killed in US laboratories each year. Rabbits are blinded in a test called the called Draize Test. The test protects compaines from potential lawsuits but blinds the rabbits who are killed after the test is done. The test involves applying 0.5ml of test substance on the rabbits eye and observing them for 14 days to see what kind of reaction has taken place.


 * __Factory Farming__**

Over 10 billion animals are slaughtered for food each year. Nesting hens are kept in tiny cages, and many of the hens die from stress or disease. More then 9 billion chickens are killed each year.

Bibliography //Draize Test// date accessed 17/11/08 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draize_test

//The difficult lives and deats of Factory farmed chickens// date accessed 17/11/08 http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2007/05/the-difficult-lives-and-deaths-of-factory-farmed-chickens/